  Few can argue that one of the
best groups, if not the best, in rock 'n roll
history is the Beatles - 4 lads from
Liverpool who took the world by storm in the
60s. The Beatles sold over 106 million copies
of their LPs in the U.S. alone throughout 3
decades and amassed 20 #1 hits.
The conception of the Beatles
began in 1956, when a 15
year old John Lennon formed his first band,
the 'Quarrymen.' Paul McCartney met Lennon
during one of their performances and was soon
asked to join the group, followed by George
Harrison in 1958 a year
later when the group was renamed to Johnny
& The Moondogs.
 The band changed their name to
the 'Silver Beatles' and added Stu Sutcliffe
to the band and Allan Williams as their first
manager.
Pete Best joined the group,
replacing drummer, Tommy Moore, and they
abridged their name to the Beatles.
Sutcliffe quit the band (and
died of a brain hemorrhage a year later in
April) in the spring and the Beatles hooked
up with Brian Epstein as their manager by the
end of the year.
 In January, the Beatles were
rejected by Decca Records and numerous other
record companies, and Best was fired as
drummer of the band in August. The group
started working with producer George Martin
as Ringo Starr joined the group in August. In
September, the Beatles recorded and had their
first chart success in Britain with the
single "Love Me Do" (b/w "P.S.
I Love You").
 The Beatles topped the British
charts with its first of many #1 hits:
"Please Please Me." The single was
quickly followed with the LP, Please
Please Me (recorded in 1 day in February)
which also topped the charts and was renamed
for American release as Introducing
The Beatles.
The Beatles appeared on the
BBC's Sunday Night At The Palladium.
 A second LP, With
The Beatles, topped the British charts by
the end of the year. The single "I Want
To Hold Your Hand" topped the British
charts and crossed-over to the U.S., carrying
the Beatlemania frenzy with it. By the end of
the year, "She Loves You" became
the biggest-selling single of all-time in
Britain and the group was performing before
the Queen Mother.
 The Beatles released Meet
The Beatles! in the U.S. on Capitol Records
and the LP tops the U.S. charts.
The
Beatles' Second Album was released.
On February 9th, 73 million
people watched the Beatles perform on The
Ed Sullivan Show and 2 days later
perform live in public for the first time in
the U.S. in Washington, DC.
 The British invasion by the
Beatles became even more awe-inspiring when
they held the top 5 singles on Billboard's
singles chart with "Can't But Me
Love" at #1 followed by "Twist
& Shout," "She Loves You,"
"I Want To Hold Your Hand," and
"Please Please Me."
 The Beatles released Something
New.
The Beatles began their first
world tour, starting in Denmark, and with
Jimmy Nicol temporarily replacing Ringo Starr
on drums after Starr became ill from
exhaustion and tonsillitis.
The Beatles kicked off their
second tour of the US in San Francisco.
During the summer, the Beatles
appeared in the film A
Hard Day's Night and released the
soundtrack for A
Hard Day's Night.
 The
Beatles For Sale was released.
The Beatles' second movie, Help!, was released.
 The
Early Beatles was released.
Beatles
VI
was released.
 Beatles
'65 was released.
The soundtrack to Help! was released.
Rubber
Soul was released.
 Yesterday...
And Today was released.
The Beatles released Revolver.
 Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.
The LP went on to symbolize the Beatle's
artistic range and became a major influence
on concept albums yet to come by other
artists.
The manager of the Beatles,
Brian Epstein, died.
 The Beatles released Magical
Mystery Tour - a soundtrack to a TV movie
premiering on the BBC.
The Beatles began Apple Records
and appeared in the animated movie, Yellow
Submarine.
 The Beatles won 2 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year
and Best Contemporary Album (Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band).
Hey
Jude (The Beatles Again) was released
with the title track becoming the band's
biggest charting single.
Ringo Starr temporarily quit the
band.
 The
Beatles was released (an LP often
referred to as The
White Album) - described as the Beatles'
most ambitious, innovative, and rocking LP.
 On January 30, the Beatles
performed live for the last time on the
rooftop of the Apple Records offices.
The soundtrack to Yellow
Submarine was released.
McCartney married Linda Eastman.
Harrison announced he was
leaving the Beatles, but later returned.
By the fall, the Beatles as a
group began to fall apart.
 The Beatles released Abbey
Road.
The official break up of the
Beatles began with McCartney publicly stating
that he has left the group while promoting
his first solo effort.
 Let
It Be was released.
The Beatles won a Grammy Award for Best Original
Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV
Special (Let
It Be).
 The
Beatles 1962-1966 was released followed
by The
Beatles 1967-1970.
Love
Songs was released as the decade saw
each member find success with solo careers.
 Rarities was released.
All hopes of a Beatles reunion
were put to rest with the tragic murder of John Lennon on December 8th in New
York.
 # 95
Singles Artist of the Year
20
Greatest Hits was released.
 "The Beatles' Movie
Medley"
hit the Top 40.
"The Beatles' Movie
Medley"
hit the Top 10.
The compilation of movie tracks,
Reel
Music was released.
The Beatles were inducted into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
 Past
Masters Volume 1 was released.
Past
Masters Volume 2 was released.
The remaining Beatles got
together in a recording studio to finish
tracks for future compilation sets.
 The
Beatles Live At The BBC was released. The LP
included recordings from 1963 to 1965.
 # 145
Singles Artist of the Year
The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 was released.
 The Beatles hit
the Top 40 with "Free As A Bird."
The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 topped the Billboard
Pop Albums chart for 3 weeks.
The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 was the 8th
biggest selling LP of the year with sales
topping 2.9 million during 1995.
 # 106
Singles Artist of the Year
Renewed
interest in the Beatles grew with the airing
of a 10 hour televised documentary.
 The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 2 was released.
The Beatles hit the Top 40 with
"Real Love."
The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 2 topped the Billboard
200 Albums chart and UK LP chart for a week.
The Beatles video for "Free As A Bird" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Special Effects.
 The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 3 was released.
The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 3 topped the Billboard
200 Albums chart for a week.
 The Beatles were nominated for
an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (The
Beatles Anthology, Volume 1).
Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "A Day
In The Life," "Help,"
"Hey Jude," "I Want To Hold
Your Hand," "Norwegian Wood,"
"Strawberry Fields Forever," and
"Yesterday."
 The Beatles won 3 Grammy
Awards for Best Pop Performance by a
Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Music Video, Short Form ("Free As A Bird"), and Best Music Video, Long Form (The
Beatles Anthology)
The Beatles made the Top 10 in Forbes
magazine's list of wealthiest
entertainers (from 1996-1997 gross). The
Beatles came in 5th with a reported $98
million.
 If you ask over
36,000 British music fans what their favorite
all-time LP is, the Beatles came out on top
of the "Music of the Millennium"
poll. The Beatles had 3 of their LPs in the
Top 10, including the #1 LP of all-time: 1) Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 3) Revolver - 10) The
Beatles (The White Album). Also, the Beatles had
#12 (Abbey
Road) and #39 (Rubber
Soul).
Potential court problems erupted
when Michael
Jackson, who still owned the rights to
some Beatles songs, may had been talking
business with Volkswagen to use some of these
songs for an ad campaign. A source from the
Apple Records stated: "The 3 of (the
remaining Beatles) categorically refuse to
let the songs be used for (advertisements)
but the trouble with Jackson is he has just
ignored them in the past."
Harrison appeared in court in
London in attempt to stop the sale of an old
Beatles recording of the
band singing after having too much to drink
in a pub. A London judge ruled in favor of
Harrison and the Beatles and blocked the
release of the recordings.
The Beatles ranked # 1 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 1 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
The remaining Beatles reunited
to sing "Let It Be" (with everyone
else at the service) at a memorial service
for Linda McCartney. It was the first time
the 3 have appeared in public together for 30
years. Paul
McCartney wrote the song
in memory of his mother when he was 14.
 Yellow
Submarine was re-released.
A British poll of over 600,000
people named the Beatles as the Favorite
Group of All-Time and Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as the Best
Album.
The Beatles topped the "Artists of the
Century" list of best-selling acts
of the 20th century.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Rock Songs includes: # 9: "Hey Jude"
- # 12: "Yesterday"
- # 20: "A Day In The
Life" - # 23: "I Want To Hold
Your Hand" - # 32: "Let It Be"
- # 57: "Twist &
Shout" - # 59: "She Loves
You" - # 61: "Strawberry
Fields Forever" - # 79: "A Day In The
Life."
The Beatles
reunited in the form of a book, Beatles
Anthology, that covers their musical and
personal career. Harrison, Starr, and
McCartney have been working on the book for
the past 6 years.
Let
It Be was certified 4x platinum.
The
Beatles (The White Album) was certified 18x
platinum, Revolver was certified 5x
platinum, Love
Songs was certified 3x platinum, The
Beatles 1962-1966 was certified 14x
platinum, The
Beatles 1967-1970 was certified 15x
platinum, and Magical
Mystery Tour was certified 6x platinum.
VH1 presented the 100 Biggest TV
Moments of Rock 'N Roll with the top slot
going to the Beatles' first appearance on The
Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
A
Hard Day's Night was certified 4x
platinum.
 Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes
"Yesterday" at # 1, "I Want To Hold
Your Hand" at # 6, and "In My
Life" at # 63.
The Beatles
topped the LP charts with the release of
another hits collection: 1 - containing 27
chart-toppers. The LP was the fastest selling
LP this year in the U.K. and topped the LP
charts in 19 countries. 1 also grew in sales the
weeks after its release and into the holiday
season.
1 topped
the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 8 weeks
and Internet Album Sales chart for 10 weeks.
1 topped the UK chart
for 9 weeks
1 was certified 5x
platinum.
VH1: 100
Greatest Albums includes Revolver at # 1, Rubber
Soul at # 6, Abbey
Road at # 8, Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at # 10, and The
Beatles (The White Album) at # 11.
Abbey
Road was certified 12x platinum, The
Beatles (The White Album) was certified 19x
platinum, The
Beatles 1962-1966 was certified 15x
platinum, The
Beatles 1967-1970 was certified 16x
platinum, and 1 was certified
7x platinum.
On November 29th, Harrison lost
his battle with cancer.
1 was certified
8x platinum.
The Beatles topped Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Billboard
200 Album and Top Internet Album (1) and as the Top
Billboard 200 Artist and Top Billboard 200
Artist - Duo/Group.
The Beatles
ranked # 25 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
 The
Beatles Anthology was released as a
5-DVD set that included the 1996 television
documentary and unreleased material. The
material included a jam session with
McCartney, Harrison and Starr from 1994.
In October, the DVD The
Ed Sullivan Show Presents The Beatles was released and
include all 20 live performances by the
Beatles.
Let
It Be...Naked was released.
Let
It Be...Naked topped the Billboard Top
Internet Albums chart for 4 weeks.
Let
It Be...Naked was certified platinum.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 1:
Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, # 3:
Revolver, # 5:
Rubber
Soul, # 10: The
Beatles (The White Album), # 14:
Abbey
Road, # 39: Please
Please Me, # 59: Meet
The Beatles!, # 86: Let
It Be, # 332: Help!, # 388:
A
Hard Day's Night, # 420:
With
The Beatles.
 1 was certified
9x platinum.
The Beatles topped Rolling
Stone's 'Greatest Artists of All Time'
list.
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included the Beatles at # 1.
The Beatles first 4 LPs was
released together as a box set as The
Capitol Albums Volume 1.
The
Capitol Albums Volume 1 was certified
platinum.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included "Hey
Jude" at # 8,
"Yesterday" at # 13,
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" at # 16,
"Let It Be" at # 20,
"In My Life" at # 23,
"A Day In The Life" at # 26,
"Help!" at # 29,
and "She Loves You" at # 64.
 1 was certified
10x platinum.
The box set The
Capitol Albums Vol.2 was released.
The
Capitol Albums Vol.2 was certified gold.
The compilation/soundtrack Love was released. The set
included Beatles classics used in the Cirque
du Soleil/Beatles shows in Las Vegas.
Love topped the Canadian LP
chart.
 Love topped the Billboard
Internet Albums chart.
Love was certified
platinum.
The Beatles topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Internet
Album (Love).
The Beatles' Love won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation
Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture,
Television or Other Visual Media.
The
Beatles Stereo Box Set was released (Billboard peak: # 15) along with
remastered versions of Abbey
Road, Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The
White Album, Revolver, Rubber
Soul, Past
Masters, Let
It Be, Magical
Mystery Tour, A
Hard Day's Night, Please
Please Me, Help!, With
The Beatles, Beatles
For Sale, Yellow
Submarine.
The Beatles were on the cover of
Rolling Stone.
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Please Please Me
Released: March, 1963
US: Platinum
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "I Saw Her
Standing There" - "Misery"
- "Anna (Go To Him)" -
"Chains" - "Boys" -
"Ask Me Why" - "Please
Please Me" - "Love Me Do"
- "P.S. I Love You" -
"Baby It's You" - "Do You
Want To Know A Secret" - "Taste
Of Honey" - "There's A
Place" - "Twist And Shout"
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Introducing The Beatles
Released: July, 1963
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Tracks: "I Saw Her
Standing There" - "Misery"
- "Anna (Go To Him)" -
"Chains" - "Boys" -
"Love Me Do" - "P.S. I
Love You" - "Baby It's
You" - "Do You Want To Know A
Secret" - "A Taste Of
Honey" - "There's A Place"
- "Twist And Shout" |
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With The Beatles
Released: November, 1963
US: Gold
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "It Won't Be
Long" - "All I've Got To
Do" - "All My Loving" -
"Don't Bother Me" -
"Little Child" - "Till
There Was You" - "Please Mr.
Postman" - "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "Hold Me
Tight" - "You've Really Got A
Hold On Me" - "I Wanna Be Your
Man" - "Devil In Her
Heart" - "Not A Second
Time" - "Money (That's What I
Want)" |
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Meet The Beatles!
Released: January, 1964
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 11 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "I Want To
Hold Your Hand" - "I Saw Her
Standing There" - "This
Boy" - "It Won't Be Long"
- "All I've Got To Do" -
"All My Loving" - "Don't
Bother Me" - "Little
Child" - "Till There Was
You" - "Hold Me Tight" -
"I Wanna be Your Man" -
"Not A Second Time" |
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The Beatles' Second
Album
Released: April, 1964
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 5 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "Thank You
Girl" - "You Really Got A Hold
On Me" - "Devil In Her
Heart" - "Money (That's What I
Want)" - "You Can't Do
That" - "Long Tall Sally"
- "I Call Your Name" -
"Please Mr. Postman" -
"I'll Get You" - "She
Loves You" |
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A Hard Day's Night
Released: June, 1964
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 14 weeks)
Tracks: "A Hard
Day's Night" - "I Should Have
Known Better" - "If I
Fell" - "I'm Happy Just To
Dance With You" - "And I Love
Her" - "Tell Me Why" -
"Can't Buy Me Love" - "Any
Time At All" - "I'll Cry
Instead" - "Things We Said
Today" - "When I Get Home"
- "You Can't Do That" -
"I'll Be Back" |
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Something New
Released: July, 1964
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "I'll Cry
Instead" - "Things We Said
Today" - "Any Time At All"
- "When I Get Home" -
"Slow Down" -
"Matchbox" - "Tell Me
Why" - "And I Love Her" -
"I'm Happy Just To Dance With
You" - "If I Fell" -
"Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" |
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The Beatles' Story
Released: November, 1964
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone
review:  |
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Beatles '65
Released: December, 1964
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 9 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "No
Reply" - "I'm A Loser" -
"Baby's In Black" - "Rock
And Roll Music" - "I'll Follow
The Sun" - "Mr. Moonlight"
- "Honey Don't" - "I'll Be
Back" - "She's A Woman" -
"I Feel Fine" -
"Everybody's Trying To Be My
Baby" |
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The Beatles For Sale
Released: December, 1964
US: Gold
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "No
Reply" - "I'm A Loser" -
"Baby's In Black" - "Rock
& Roll Music" - "I'll
Follow The Sun" - "Mr.
Moonlight" - "Kansas City /
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" - "Eight Days
A Week" - "Words Of Love"
- "Every Little Thing" -
"I Don't Want To Spoil The
Party" - "What You're
Doing" |
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The Early Beatles
Released: May, 1965
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 43
Tracks: "Love Me
Do" - "Twist And Shout" -
"Anna (Go To Him)" -
"Chains" - "Boys" -
"Ask Me Why" - "Please
Please Me" - "P.S. I Love
You" - "Baby It's You" -
"A Taste Of Honey" - "Do
You Want To Know A Secret" |
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Beatles VI
Released: June, 1965
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 6 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Kansas City
/ Hey - Hey - Hey - Hey!" -
"Eight Days A Week" - "You
Like Me Too Much" - "Bad
Boy" - "I Don't Want To Spoil
The Party" - "Words Of
Love" - "What You're
Doing" - "Yes It Is" -
"Dizzy Miss Lizzie" -
"Tell Me What You See" -
"Every Little Thing" |
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Help!
Released: August, 1965
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 9 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Help!"
- "The Night Before" -
"You've Got To Hide Your Love
Away" - "I Need You" -
"Another Girl" - "You're
Going To Lose That Girl" -
"Ticket To Ride" - "Act
Naturally" - "It's Only
Love" - "You Like Me Too
Much" - "Tell Me What You
See" - "I've Just Seen A
Face" - "Yesterday" -
"Dizzy Miss Lizzie" |
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Rubber Soul
Released: December, 1965
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 6 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Drive My
Car" - "Norwegian Wood (This
Bird Has Flown)" - "You Won't
See Me" - "Nowhere Man" -
"Think For Yourself" -
"Word" - "Michelle" -
"What Goes On" -
"Girl" - "I'm Looking
Through You" - "In My
Life" - "Wait" - "If
I Needed Someone" - "Run For
Your Life" |
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Yesterday... And Today
Released: June, 1966
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 5 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Drive My
Car" - "I'm Only Sleeping"
- "Nowhere Man" - "Dr.
Robert" - "Yesterday" -
"Act Naturally" - "And
Your Bird Can Sing" - "If I
Needed Someone" - "We Can Work
It Out" - "What Goes On" -
"Day Tripper" |
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Revolver
Released: August, 1966
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 6 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Taxman" - "Eleanor
Rigby" - "I'm Only
Sleeping" - "Love You To"
- "Here, There And Everywhere"
- "Yellow Submarine" -
"She Said, She Said" -
"Good Day Sunshine" - "And
Your Bird Can Sing" - "For No
One" - "Doctor Robert" -
"I Want To Tell You" -
"Got To Get You Into My Life" -
"Tomorrow Never Knows" |
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band
Released: June, 1967
US: 11x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 15 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" -
"With A Little Help From My
Friends" - "Lucy In The Sky
With Diamonds" - "Getting
Better" - "Fixing A Hole"
- "She's Leaving Home" -
"Being For The Benefit Of Mr.
Kite" - "Within You, Without
You" - "When I'm
Sixty-Four" - "Lovely
Rita" - "Good Morning, Good
Morning" - "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Reprise) -
"A Day In The Life" |
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Magical Mystery Tour
Released: November, 1967
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 8 weeks)
Tracks: "Magical
Mystery Tour" - "The Fool On
The Hill" - "Flying" -
"Blue Jay Way" - "Your
Mother Should Know" - "I Am The
Walrus" - "Hello Goodbye"
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" -
"Penny Lane" - "Baby
You're A Rich Man" - "All You
Need Is Love" |
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The Beatles (The White
Album)
Released: November, 1968
US: 19x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 9 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Back In The
U.S.S.R." - "Dear
Prudence" - "Glass Onion"
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" -
"Wild Honey Pie" -
"Continuing Story Of Bungalow
Bill" - "While My Guitar Gently
Weeps" - "Happiness Is A Warm
Gun" - "Martha My Dear" -
"I'm So Tired" -
"Blackbird" -
"Piggies" - "Rocky
Raccoon" - "Don't Pass Me
By" - "Why Don't We Do It In
The Road?" - "I Will" -
"Julia" - "Birthday"
- "Yer Blues" - "Mother's
Nature's Son" - "Everybody's
Got Something To Hide Except Me And My
Monkey" - "Sexy Sadie" -
"Helter Skelter" - "Long,
Long, Long" - "Revolution
1" - "Honey Pie" -
"Savoy Truffle" - "Cry
Baby Cry" - "Revolution 9"
- "Good Night" |
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Yellow Submarine (soundtrack)
Released: January, 1969
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Yellow
Submarine" - "Only A Northern
Song" - "All Together Now"
- "Hey Bulldog" - "It's
All Too Much" - "All You Need
Is Love" - "Pepperland" -
"Sea Of Time" - "Sea Of
Holes" - "Sea Of Monsters"
- "March Of The Meanies" -
"Pepperland Laid Waste" -
"Yellow Submarine In
Pepperland" |
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Abbey Road
Released: October, 1969
US: 12x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 11 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Come
Together" - "Something" -
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" -
"Oh! Darling" - "Octopus's
Garden" - "I Want You (She's So
Heavy)" - "Here Comes The
Sun" - "Because" -
"You Never Give Me Your Money"
- "Sun King" - "Mean Mr.
Mustard" - "Polythene Pam"
- "She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window" - "Golden
Slumbers" - "Carry That
Weight" - "End" -
"Her Majesty" |
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Hey Jude (The Beatles
Again)
Released: February, 1970
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Can't Buy
Me Love" - "I Should Have Known
Better" - "Paperback
Writer" - "Rain" -
"Lady Madonna" -
"Revolution" - "Hey
Jude" - "Old Brown Shoe" -
"Don't Let Me Down" - "The
Ballad Of John And Yoko" |
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Let It Be
Released: May, 1970
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 4 weeks)
Tracks: "Two Of
Us" - "Dig A Pony" -
"Across The Universe" - "I
Me Mine" - "Dig It" -
"Let It Be" - "Maggie
Mae" - "I've Got A
Feeling" - "One After 909"
- "The Long And Winding Road" -
"For You Blue" - "Get
Back" |
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The Beatles 1962-1966
Released: April, 1973
US: 15x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Love Me
Do" - "Please Please Me" -
"From Me To You" - "She
Loves You" - "I Want To Hold
Your Hand" - "All My
Loving" - "Can't Buy Me
Love" - "Hard Day's Night"
- "And I Love Her" -
"Eight Days A Week" - "I
Feel Fine" - "Ticket To
Ride" - "Yesterday" -
"Help!" - "You've Got To
Hide Your Love Away" - "We Can
Work It Out" - "Day
Tripper" - "Drive My Car"
- "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has
Flown)" - "Nowhere Man" -
"Michelle" - "In My
Life" - "Girl" -
"Paperback Writer" -
"Eleanor Rigby" - "Yellow
Submarine" |
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The Beatles 1967-1970
Released: April, 1973
US: 16x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Strawberry
Fields Forever" - "Penny
Lane" - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band" - "With A
Little Help From My Friends" -
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
- "Day In The Life" - "All
You Need Is Love" - "I Am The
Walrus" - "Hello, Goodbye"
- "Fool On The Hill" -
"Magical Mystery Tour" -
"Lady Madonna" - "Hey
Jude" - "Revolution" -
"Back In The U.S.S.R." -
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" -
"Get Back" - "Don't Let Me
Down" - "The Ballad Of John And
Yoko" - "Old Brown Shoe" -
"Here Comes The Sun" -
"Come Together" -
"Something" - "Octopus's
Garden" - "Let It Be" -
"Across The Universe" -
"Long And Winding Road" |
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Beatles At Hollywood
Bowl
Released: May, 1977
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Live Tracks: "Twist And
Shout" - "She's A Woman" -
"Dizzy Miss Lizzie" -
"Ticket To Ride" - "Can't
Buy Me Love" - "Things We Said
Today" - "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "Boys" -
"A Hard Day's Night" -
"Help!" - "All My
Loving" - "She Loves You"
- "Long Tall Sally" |
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Love Songs
Released: October, 1977
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 24
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Yesterday" - "I'll Follow
The Sun" - "I Need You" -
"Girl" - "In My Life"
- "Words Of Love" - "Here,
There And Everywhere" -
"Something" - "And I Love
Her" - "If I Fell" -
"I'll Be Back" - "Tell Me
What You See" - "Yes It
Is" |
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Rarities
Released: March, 1980
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Love Me
Do" (Version One) -
"Misery" - "There's A
Place" - "Sie Liebt Dich"
- "And I Love Her" -
"Help!" - "I'm Only
Sleeping" - "I Am The
Walrus" - "Penny Lane" -
"Helter Skelter" - "Don't
Pass Me By" - "The Inner
Light" - "Across The
Universe" (Version One) - "You
Know My Name (Look Up The Number) -
"Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" |
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Reel Music
Released: March, 1982
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 19
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "A Hard
Day's Night" - "I Should Have
Known Better" - "Can't Buy Me
Love" - "And I Love Her" -
"Help!" - "You've Got To
Hide Your Love Away" - "Ticket
To Ride" - "Magical Mystery
Tour" - "I Am The Walrus"
- "Yellow Submarine" -
"All You Need Is Love" -
"Let It Be" - "Get
Back" - "Long And Winding
Road" |
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20 Greatest Hits
Released: October, 1982
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 50
Tracks: "She Loves
You" - "Love Me Do" -
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" -
"Can't Buy Me Love" - "A
Hard Day's Night" - "I Feel
Fine" - "Eight Days A
Week" - "Ticket To Ride" -
"Help!" - "Yesterday"
- "We Can Work It Out" -
"Paperback Writer" -
"Penny Lane" - "All You
Need Is Love" - "Hello
Goodbye" - "Hey Jude" -
"Get Back" - "Come
Together" - "Let It Be" -
"Long And Winding Road" |
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Past Masters Volume 1 and Past Masters Volume 2
Released: March, 1988
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 149 and 121
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: Volume 1:
"Love Me Do" (Single Version) -
"From Me To You" - "Thank
You Girl" - "She Loves
You" - "I'll Get You" -
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" -
"This Boy" - "Komm, Gib
Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your
Hand)" - "Sie Liebt Dich (She
Loves You)" - "Long Tall
Sally" - "I Call Your
Name" - "Slow Down" -
"Matchbox" - "I Feel
Fine" - "She's A Woman" -
"Bad Boy" - Yes It Is" -
"I'm Down" = Volume 2:
"Day Tripper" - "We Can
Work It Out" - "Paperback
Writer" - "Rain" -
"Lady Madonna" - "Inner
Light" - "Hey Jude" -
"Revolution" - "Get
Back" - "Don't Let Me
Down" - "Ballad Of John And
Yoko" - "Old Brown Shoe" -
"Across The Universe" -
"Let It Be" - "You Know My
Name (Look Up The Number)" |
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The Beatles Live At The
BBC
Released: November, 1994
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review:
Live Tracks: "Beatles
Greetings" - "From Us To
You" - "Riding On A Bus" -
"I Got A WOman" - "Too
Much Monkey Business" - "Keep
Your Hands Off My Baby" - "I'll
Be On My Way" - "Young
Blood" - "A Shot Of Rhythm And
Blues" - "Sure To Fall (In Love
With You)" - "Some Other
Guy" - "Thank You Girl" -
"Sha La La La La!" - "Baby
It's You" - "That's All Right
(Mama)" - "Carol" -
"Soldier Of Love" - "A
Little Rhyme" -
"Clarabella" - "I'm Gonna
Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)" -
"Crying, Waitiing, Hoping" -
"Dear Wack!" - "You Really
Got A Hold On Me" - "To Know
Her Is To Love Her" - "A Taste
Of Honey" - "Long Tall
Sally" - "I Saw Her Standing
There" - "The Honeymoon
Song" - "Johnny B. Goode"
- "Memphis, Tennessee" -
"Lucille" - "Can't Buy Me
Love" - "From Fluff To
You" - "Till There Was
You" - "Crinsk Dee Night"
- "A Hard Day's Night" -
"Have A Banana!" - "I
Wanna Be Your Man" - "Just A
Rumour" - "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "All My
Loving" - "Things We Said
Today" - "She's A Woman" -
"Sweet Little Sixteen" -
"1822" - "Lonesome Tears
In My Eyes" - "Nothin'
Shakin'" - "The Hippy Hippy
Shake" - "Glad All Over" -
"I Just Don't Understand" -
"So How Come (No One Loves Me)"
- "I Feel Fine" - "I'm A
Loser" - "Everybody's Trying To
Be My Baby" - "Rock And Roll
Music" - "Ticket To Ride"
- "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" -
"Kansas City / Hey - Hey - Hey -
Hey!" - "Set Fire To That
Lot!" - "Matchbox" -
"I Forgot To Remember To
Forget" - "Love These Goon
Shows" - "I Got To Find My
Baby" - "Ooh! My Soul" -
"Don't Ever Change" -
"Slow Down" - "Honey
Don't" - "Love Me Do" |
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The Beatles Anthology,
Volume 1
Released: November, 1995
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 3 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Free As A Bird" - "We
Were Four Guys..." (Lennon
Interview) - "That'll Be The
Day" - "In Spite Of All The
Danger" - "Sometimes I'd
Borrow..." (Interview) -
"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" -
"You'll Be Mine" -
"Cayenne" - "First Of
All..." (McCartney Interview) -
"My Bonnie" - "Ain't She
Sweet" - "Cry For A
Shadow" - "Brian Was A
Beautiful Guy..." (Lennon Interveiw)
- "I Secured Them..." (Epstein
Reading) - "Searchin'" -
"Three Cool Cats" - "Sheik
Of Araby" - "Like Dreamers
Do" - "Hello Little Girl"
- "Well, The Recording Test..."
(Epstein Reading) - "Besame
Mucho" - "Love Me Do" -
"How Do You Do It?" -
"Please Please Me" - "One
After 909" (Sequence and Complete) -
"Lend Me Your Comb" -
"I'll Get You" - "We Were
Performers..." (Lennon Interview) -
"I Saw Her Standing There" -
"From Me To You" - "Money
(That's What I Want)" - "You've
Really Got A Hold On Me" -
"Roll Over Beethoven" -
"She Loves You" (Take) -
"Till There Was You" -
"Twist And Shout" - "This
Boy" - "I Want To Hold Your
Hand" - "Boys, What I Was
Thinking..." - "Moonlight
Bay" - "Can't Buy Me Love"
- "All My Loving" - "You
Can't Do That" - "And I Love
Her" - "Hard Day's Night"
- "I Wanna Be Your Man" -
"Long Tall Sally" -
"Boys" - "Shout" -
"I'll Be Back" (Take 2 and 3) -
"You Know What To Do" -
"No Reply" (Demo) - "Mr.
Moonlight" - "Leave My Kitten
Alone" - "No Reply" (Take)
- "Eight Days A Week" (Sequence
and Complete) - "Kansas City /
Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" |
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The Beatles Anthology,
Volume 2
Released: March, 1996
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Real Love" - "Yes
It Is" - "I'm Down" -
"You've Got To Hide Your Love
Away" - "If You've Got
Trouble" - "That Means A
Lot" - "Yesterday" (Take)
- "It's Only Love" (Take) -
"I Feel Fine" - "Ticket To
Ride" - "Yesterday" (Take)
- "Help!" - "Everyboyd's
Trying To Be My Baby" -
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has
Flown)" - "I'm Looking Through
You" - "12-Bar Original" -
"Tomorrow Never Knows" -
"Got To Get You Into My Life" -
"And your Bird Can Sing" -
"Taxman" - "Eleanor
Rigby" (Strings Only) - "I'm
Only Sleeping" (Rehearsal) -
"I'm Only Sleeping" (Take 1) -
"Rock & Roll Music" -
"She's A Woman" -
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
(Demo Sequence) - "Strawberry Fields
Forever" (Take 1) - "Strawberry
Fields Forever" (Take 7 & Edit
Piece) - "Penny Lane" (Take) -
"Day In The Life" (Version) -
"Good Morning, Good Morning"
(Version) - "Only A Northern
Song" - "Being For The Benefit
Of Mr. Kite" (Takes 1, 2 & 7) -
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
(Take) - "Within You, Without
You" (Instrumental) - "Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
(Reprise) - "You Know My Name (Look
Up The Number)" - "I Am The
Walrus" - "Fool On The
Hill" (Demo) - "Your Mother
Should Know" - "Fool On The
Hill" (Take 4) - "Hello,
Goodbye" - "Lady Madonna"
(Take) - "Across The Universe"
(Alternate Take) |
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The Beatles Anthology,
Volume 3
Released: October, 1996
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "A
Beginning" - "Happiness Is A
Warm Gun" - Helter Skelter" -
"Mean Mr. Mustard" -
"Plolythene Pam" - "Glass
Onion" - "Junk" -
"Piggies" - "Honey
Pie" - "Don't Pass Me By"
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" -
"Good Night" - "Cry Baby
Cry" - "Blackbird" -
"Sexy Sadie" - "While My
Guitar Gently Weeps" - "Hey
Jude" - "Not Guilty" -
"Mother Nature's Son" -
"Glass Onion" - "Rocky
Raccoon" - "What's The New Mary
Jane" - "Step Inside Love / Los
Paranoias" - "I'm So
Tired" - "I Will" -
"Why Don't We Do It in The
Road" - "I've Got A
Feeling" - "She Came Through
The Bathroom Window" - "Dig A
Pony" - "Two Of Us" -
"For You Blue" - "Teddy
Boy" - "Medley: Rip It Up /
Shake Rattle & Roll / Blue Suede
Shoes" - "Long And Winding
Road" - "Oh! Darling" -
"All Things Must Pass" -
"Mailman, Bring Me No More
Blues" - "Get Back" -
"Old Brown Shoes" -
"Octopus's Garden" -
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" -
"Something" - "Come
Together" - "Come And Get
It" - "Ain't She Sweet" -
"Because" - "Let It
Be" - "I Me Mine" -
"The End" |
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Yellow Submarine (re-release)
Released: September, 1999
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 15
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Yellow
Submarine" - "Hey Bulldog"
- "Eleanor Rigby" - "Love
You To" - "All Together
Now" - "Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds" - "Think For
Yourself" - "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band" -
"With A Little Help From My
Friends" - "Baby, You're A Rich
Man" - "Only A Northern
Song" - "All You Need Is
Love" - "When I'm
Sixty-Four" - "Nowhere
Man" - "It's All Too Much" |
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1
Released: November, 2000
US: 10x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (8 weeks)
Tracks: "Love Me
Do" - "From Me To You" -
"She Loves You" - "I Want
To Hold Your Hand" - "Can't Buy
Me Love" - "A Hard Day's
Night" - "I Feel Fine" -
"Eight Days A Week" -
"Ticket To Ride" -
"Help!" - "Yesterday"
- "Day Tripper" - "We Can
Work It Out" - "Paperback
Writer" - "Yellow
Submarine" - "Eleanor
Rigby" - "Penny Lane" -
"All You Need Is Love" -
"Hello Goodbye" - "Lady
Madonna" - "Hey Jude" -
"Get Back" - "The Ballad
Of John & Yoko" -
"Something" - "Come
Together" - "Let It Be" -
"The Long And Winding Road" |
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Let It Be...Naked
Released: November, 2003
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Get
Back" - "Dig A Pony" -
"For You Blue" - "The Long
And Winding Road" - "Two Of
Us" - "I've Got A Feeling"
- "One After 909" - "Don't
Let Me Down" - "I Me Mine"
- "Across The Universe" -
"Let It Be" |
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The Capitol Albums
Volume 1
Released: November, 2004
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 35
Rolling Stone:
Tracks (Stereo and
Original Mono Version): "I Want To
Hold Your Hand" - "I Saw Her
Standing There" - "This
Boy" - "It Won't Be Long"
- "All I've Got To Do" -
"All My Loving" - "Don't
Bother Me" - "Little
Child" - "Till There Was
You" - "Hold Me Tight" -
"I Wanna Be Your Man" -
"Not A Second Time" -
"Till There Was You" (Original
Mono) - "Hold Me Tight"
(Original Mono) - "I Wanna Be Your
Man" (Original Mono) - "Not A
Second Time" (Original Mono) -
"Roll Over Beethoven" -
"Thank You Girl" - "You
Really Got A Hold On Me" -
"Devil In Her Heart" -
"Money" - "You Can't Do
That" - "Long Tall Sally"
- "I Call Your Name" -
"Please Mr. Postman" -
"I'll Get You" - "She
Loves You" - "I'll Cry
Instead" - "Things We Said
Today" - "Any Time At All"
- "When I Get Home" -
"Slow Down" -
"Matchbox" - "Tell Me
Why" - "And I Love Her" -
"I'm Happy Just To Dance With
You" - "If I Fell" -
"Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To
Hold Your Hand)" - "No
Reply" - "I'm A Loser" -
"Baby's In Black" - "Rock
& Roll Music" - "I'll
Follow The Sun" - "Mr.
Moonlight" - "Honey Don't"
- "I'll Be Back" - "She's
A Woman" - "I Feel Fine" -
"Everybody's Trying To Be My
Baby" |
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The Capitol Albums Vol.2
Released: April, 2006
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 46
Tracks (Stereo and
Original Mono Version): "Love Me
Do" - "Twist And Shout" -
"Anna (Go To Him)" -
"Chains" - "Boys" -
"Ask Me Why" - "Please
Please Me" - "P.S. I Love
You" - "Baby It's You" -
"A Taste Of Honey" - "Do
You Want To Know A Secret" -
"Kansas City / Hey - Hey - Hey -
Hey!" - "Eight Days A
Week" - "You Like Me Too
Much" - "Bad Boy" -
"I Don't Want To Spoil The
Party" - "Words Of Love" -
"What You're Doing" - "Yes
It Is" - "Dizzy Miss
Lizzie" - "Tell Me What You
See" - "Every Little
Thing" - "Help!" -
"The Night Before" - "From
Me To You Fantasy" - "You've
Got To Hide Your Love Away' - "I
Need You" - "In The Tyrol"
- "Another Girl" -
"Another Hard Day's Night" -
"Ticket To Ride" - "The
Bitter End / You Can't Do That" -
"You're Gonna Lose That Girl" -
"The Chase" - "I've Just
Seen A Face" - "Norwegian
Wood" - "You Won't See Me"
- "Think For Yourself" -
"The Word" -
"Michelle" - "It's Only
Love" - "Girl" - "I'm
Looking Through You" - "In My
Life" - "Wait" - "Run
For Your Life" |
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Love
Released: November, 2006
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks:
"Because" - "Get
Back" - "Glass Onion" -
"Eleanor Rigby / Julia"
(Transition) - "I Am The
Walrus" - "I Want To Hod Your
Hand" - "Drive My Car / The
Word / What You're Doing" -
"Gnik Nus" - "Something /
Blue Jay Way" (Transition) -
"Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite /
I Want You (She's So Heavy) / Helter
Skelter" - "Help!" -
"Blackbird / Yesterday" -
"Strawberry Fields Forever" -
"Within You Without You / Tomorrow
Never Knows" - "Lucy In The Sky
With Diamonds" - "Octopus's
Garden" - "Lady Madonna" -
"Here Comes The Sun / The Inner
Light" (Transition) - "Come
Together / Dear Prudence / Cry Babu
Cry" (Transition) -
"Revolution" - "Back In
The U.S.S.R." - "While My
Guitar Gently Weeps" - "A Day
In The Life" - "Hey Jude"
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band" (Reprise) - "All You Need
Is Love" |
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